Which is more natural?
1) Rarely Rarely
I have done it. I
have rarely done it
2)Yesterday I
yesterday saw them. I
saw them yesterday .
3)Where I
don't know where they are. I
don't know where are they.
4)Always He
has always done his best. He
has done always his best.
5)Never I
never have said that. Never
have I said that.
6)Same We
heard the same thing all night. We
heard all night the same thing.
7)Seldom I
have done seldom it. I
have done it seldom.
8)Just I
have managed to finish it in just time.
I have managed to finish it just in time.
9)Only It
was only the thing that I did. It
was the only thing that I did.
10)Yet I
have yet to finish. I
have to yet finish.
to
take a leaf out of someone's book
This
idiom is normally used when we tell someone to look at what someone else does
and try to behave like them. It's often used with the structure "I wish
you would..."
Mary: "David, all you do is sit around watching television. You never do any housework! Jane says that her husband Michael does his share of the housework in their house. I wish you would take a leaf out of his book."
David: "Mary, all you do is shout at me. Paul says that his wife Diane never shouts at him. I wish you would take a leaf out of her book."
Mary: "David, all you do is sit around watching television. You never do any housework! Jane says that her husband Michael does his share of the housework in their house. I wish you would take a leaf out of his book."
David: "Mary, all you do is shout at me. Paul says that his wife Diane never shouts at him. I wish you would take a leaf out of her book."
to sleep like a log
If
you sleep like a log then you are very deeply asleep. You can say that you
slept
like a log if you had a good night's sleep and didn't wake up during the night.
The Beatles used this idiom in their song Hard Day's Night, together with the idiom
"to work like a dog" which means to work very hard:
"It's been a hard day's night and I've been working like a dog
It's been a hard day's night and I've been sleeping like a log"
like a log if you had a good night's sleep and didn't wake up during the night.
The Beatles used this idiom in their song Hard Day's Night, together with the idiom
"to work like a dog" which means to work very hard:
"It's been a hard day's night and I've been working like a dog
It's been a hard day's night and I've been sleeping like a log"
there's no place like home
This saying is used when talking about home, and about how good/nice it is.
Maybe you're on holiday in a foreign country and are talking about how nice it is, and then say, "But there's no place like home."(In this example 'home' is your home country.)
This saying was famously used in the film The Wizard of Oz, where the character Dorothy has to say 'there's no place like home' three times in order to return home.
The Astronomer - AN ASTRONOMER used to go out at night to
observe the stars. One evening, as he wandered through the suburbs with his whole
attention fixed on the sky, he fell accidentally into a deep well. While he
lamented and bewailed his sores and bruises, and cried loudly for help, a
neighbor ran to the well, and learning what had happened said: "Hark ye,
old fellow, why, in striving to pry into what is in heaven, do you not manage
to see what is on earth?'
Complete
the following sentences by adding for or since.
1)Linus has
known me ..... 2 years.(for)
2)This
product has been available ..... 1993.(since)
3)We've been
waiting for the report ..... Tuesday.(since)
4)The baby
has been crying ..... ages.(for)
5)I've had my
car ..... November.(since)
6)Ingrid has
been on holiday ..... two weeks.(for)
7)She's
worked with me ..... Monday.(since)
8)That dog
has been barking ..... early this morning!(since)
9)It's been
raining ..... days!(for)
10)Wolfgang
has given up smoking. He hasn't smoked now... three weeks.(for)
Humor
1)to
crack up - V.
to laugh uncontrollably, to laugh a lot
2)Dry - Adj.
not obvious, subtle (sense of humor)
3)to
giggle - V.
to laugh a little without opening your mouth very much
4)Humorous
- Adj. funny, amusing
5)an
impression - N. the act of speaking or singing like a famous person
6)to
kid - V. to make jokes, to joke
with someone; to not be serious about something
7)a
stand-up comedian - N. a person who entertains by telling
humorous stories and jokes; a professional comedian who performs live.
8)Silly - N.
funny in a slightly stupid way; funny in a way which is not really intelligent
or sophisticated
9)Twisted -Adj. sick, disgusting, abnormal Adj. using
sick or disgusting things in a humorous way
10)Witty - Adj. funny in an intelligent way Adj. full
of fast, humorous responses
Just Speak
About Washing Describing a process Melting a
candle
Going to a
film How to make
pan-cake(Dosa) Cricket
Commentary
Football
Commentary Finding out a person’s
temperature. A Plan
Vocabulary
Struggle Try
Hard
Suitable Of right purpose, proper
Culture Advanced
development of Human Civilization
Secure Outside
the sphere of worry
Aggressor A
person who attacks first
Arbitrator One
appointed by two parties to settle disputes between them
Bilingual People
who speak two languages
Catalogue A
list of Books
Colleague A
Co-worker or a fellow worker in the same institution
Contemporaries Person
living in the same age(same time as another)
Deteriorate To
go from bad to worse
Egoist A
person who always thinks of himself
Epidemic A
disease mainly contagious which spreads over huge area
Extempore A
speech made without previous preparation
Eradicate To
root out evil or a bad practice etc.
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